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I e o to . o O 0 . e 0 1 , - : VOLUME XXIV Tnwijft iRFiinrrais ( ri TERROR IF BULLETS -1 MOUNTAIN WARFARE IS STILL RA(j.(; OVKR SKV1S.N MILE FRONT. GUERILLA WARFARE WORST ' SINCE THAT OF LAST MAY Federal Troops Have Been Requested :Aim1 Are Held In Readiness at Camp .'. Sherman, Ohio; 1'oliccmcn Arc l!n ; able lb Cone With the Serious Sit ' nation In the Small Valley. ' 1 WILLIAMSON. W. Va.. Mav i:t. The mountain warfare which raged j " wintering methods At Union yesterday and through -the night over niny variety tests' of forngo rr. p:- seven milo front in West Virginiu arc rb.o in progress. Kcni': '. Un nd the Kentucky coal strike region,' i0:' " in general dop.'.Mh.o -,ver as resumed with vigor today. Heavy nie.v- tl.un half the irea of Eastern firing was reported at McCarr, Ky., On-,ron. 4h eastern end of the trouble zone,! T"at steers can be finished at half and at Merrimac, W. Va. . . i tne CO!,t Per pound by use of ensilage .Yesterday's outbreak, the worst1'" one of the important conclusions since the Matcwan battle of last May reached as the result of experiments 19, in which ten persons were killed, j at the Union experiment station car had all the appearance of a prearrang-:rie1 n under the diroction of Robert ed attack, according to accounts of the j Withycombc, director of the station, fighting. ' Whether it pays to chop alfalfa hay ,, The. towns under fire urc within ' '" steers and whetherit pays to seven miles of each other and lie in : build shelters for wintering lambs in narrow valley on the banks of the! Eastern Oregon Urc other niatters Tug river, which separates West Vir-I that will be explained to the visiting jrJtna , from Kentucky. The firmg came from the mountains on both (tides of the river. , Concentration in Mountains. , They concentrated, therefore, in the mountains on the West Virginia side, I 'hilc county off icials here got in j touch with officials of Pike county, ; Kentucky, in un attempt to obtain co operation in routing the attackers. H Terror reigned. in the. towiiH In the I rone of fire as night fell and it was learned ht th"iit11firitfes hiI Tallcir to apprehend any of the atl ackers., the following crop of wheat ah aver Virtually all lights were extinguished age of one bushel per acre for each last night and residents kepi close uu- week of delay. This fact has been dcr cover. , determined beyond question by the . ' Women Are. In Terror. Sherman County Experiment Station . Sergeant Uavid Peterson nf the I at Moro. state police, who led a squad of men I At llermislon methods -of handling to Sprigg, told of the pliglit in whic h irrigated soils will be studied. Fevcral hundred passengers mi a train ' The rhangiitg economic situntion found themselves when they leached bringing about serious conditions in the battle zone. j Eastern Oregon is causing an unpre- "Bullets were peppering down from 'cdented demand for fundamental . toe mountains," he said, "women and f Us in connection with agricultural children screamed and cried in terror, i practice in this part of the slate, and While virtually every passenger fell ;his is one of the reasons this trip to the flours of the couches for pro- f,,r Eastern Oregon county agents has lection. ''I don t know whether, any. shoUi were aimed at the train. Aak Fur Federal Aid. CHARLESTON. W. Va., May 13. fiovemor Morgan last night responded to the request of county officials of Mingo county and asked the war de partment for federal troops to restore order in Mingo county. Troops Held In Readiness. INiUANAPOI.lK, Ind., May Ill Federal troops at Camp Shennan,-o., Ere being held ready to depart for Mingo conty, AVest Virginia, i! was a'ir.ouneed last night at the -".III army ce.rps headquarters at Fort Itcn.jair.in Harrison, Ind. aYAU.A M AI. LA May Dr. ; V aneey Malor, mii or prominent . Orepnn pioneers, iieil ui hi home tit Walla Walla Tlnnnl'.iy nmrnfiiK. It. IMalork i nir ivt-.l liy Mr, j Klulmk Hnil onn hoii nntl oiip ht nh-i iir. the latter a V.,n kiinwn WIU j Walla chot T; r!uT and lhii'ror- mcr a Dharrnacisl at S'-alHo. Th; i duct or was a proniincnt Ion Shrinor. Wii'iliin . BUM PASSES AWAY Local Men Given Jobs On Highway Contract The tcam shovel on th r.jijttlte- fWinter contract on the highway l- Itween here and Hilgard ha; Iwn i up at Perry and operanorV wer.- tartel. thisjnrnieg The opening of 'tills "oi k gave empNyni'-nt to tw.M.ty local men wlio wer.' rskt I t" report to work his mynii i?. Te- nu lhve also W"en "uic-l !ut- , he tl.e'f nst ten'days to ))) the n'.rk. Tart, "jl the teamj were rented fni'n W. fc. Mv-lure, a feftner near Island 7'ity. The contraclors also annoiftced ha I've of til good rock men canml se.a-e (.contract. m"l the me ,ist bt carrier Wi . tt-:k work a ' ' ' ' V WJUL SUDY .NKPEMMfNT STA TION 0K. Trill Nut Wk Will Take Agrtral tirral SF-iH1l'IVre b'tatiatw lit Eaalera Oregon. In order that county agents ' of Kastern Oregon may have first-hand knowledge of the work being done a the experiment station to pass on to the many farmers asking information of them, a few days in the early pail of the week of MaylCth have been set aside for the purpose of visiting different stations, according to.'F. L. Ballard, county agent leader. Assembling. at la Grande, Monday, May ltith,- county agents accompanied by Professors Potter and Jlyslop of the Oregon Agricultural College, will visit the Union Statio.1, where extin sivc feeding tests- ar-s being carried on trv determine the va'jtf of differ ent Mnds of silage, the value i f chop- Png hay and other feodinr practices agents. At Moro, In Sherman county, sev eral results have, established certain fundamental facts in connection with wheat varieties and summer fallow harrowing, methods which are npplic-, able in most parts of Eastern Oregon where wheat is grown according to dry land practices. Two diiys .tiill be passed in Sherman county. Every week after April lftih that summer fallow in the Columbia Basin "1r-fr uhplrtrprf;oce the-yield of "cen planned.- (I HAKKII. May III. "Kat" Hrreid a II north wpst Kuard under (Joafh j Iiif't- al WashfriRion .State ChIIphc Iihs bi'CMi (?-lH'ted as jihysiral train- ', itiK . i'iiRiruWor for Ur; of the l.ipli Hctiool and a af'hlntic cuarli of tliu institution. . During the paut . xar M r. iftsrrifMl lian hrnn a' liug uk asislanl roat-.h under Wrlch al I W. S. C. and la 'll p'romnn-iid"'d ! !!' 1)hj ptMtJ ion to whii'li hn wa J I'liHlcd. Other Olwted tua-jheia i w uro: ' Uih SrlKMif 1 Myrtle Tobey, Sah-nu Hi.Mory. j Kntli Ann Wilson, Jtoschtir 1 Mat ImmaticH. I V. II. II us ha nan, ' MiMmne ille ! Idaho, Manual Tniifilnu. ' . ! Kva M. llntrhiiisou. Torlland KimltKh. , . - ! KMii-l M. WaMe,-Woodland. Wa. li- inKlon, F reu h and Spanish. Junior Hluii SvhiHd Kiiiina F.' (Vro, Union. ral-' S IhnjN lui'Z Klliott. hu Grande. (iladys Hond, Annican IUho, VaU as the work j of such nature that iiiexM.iienced men, would not ! able to handl it to their advantage, in M?veral weeks' Im several a-'iditi'Vial stalfon contracts will Ije ond. . V-rordh Jf to statements f the rolitractma the, sWicontr .'!. let toi lisral Wn jre tf hanllcd irj a i.-ytctory it nd.tr nn "no toV a contvait rutting ntt fit ay 'n.f!c'a ifc'.'ir wtrt ',ftef.w I ill v,v" iiitj around tn ?-; lar day r m:. on On !thefiitif c-J.iAi, fcch re latir orae tt tn, itj rnnr n rfli irauu GOES TO BAKER 'he.i lrtUI K'4'fc - . MBMBEK OF. THE ASSOCIATE!) PRESS ' ..: ...A-,-...:,... " V,.- s. LA GRANDE, OREGON. . ' FKIDAY, MAY f3. l'Jtl ' Dcmdnstrationi Of Church Disturbed Fifty Pernons Were Killed During Charge Last Night in Morelia. v When Radicals Vave Help. . MEXICO Cm. May 13 Fifty persons were killed and u score wounded' lat night- in Moielia.- the capitol of iMichoacan, when the police, aided by the unsolicitcd help fnnrrnd- irals, charged a l:irge group of Cath olics who were dcmoustratiii;; against the alleged desecration of tio church es last Sunday by the radicals. WAS RESIDENT IIEKE FOR SIX TEEN YEARS. Burial to Take Place Here Is Surviv ed By Large Family Iwohons Live In La (irande. William Van -Ordcn Carbine, who lived in La (JrnHdc for sixteen years and has made - his home in Portland the past three years, died at the r denco of his daughter, Mrs. J. Hunter, in Portland, on Wednesi Mr. Carbine was 8fi years, 2 montls 1 and 24 days of age at the time of death. ; . . . Mr. Carbine was born. In Windsor county, Vorinqjrt; and in early life moved to Uffili. whore he WM. CARBINE PUSSES was ono of tho rdMoora. .Ho cainnj SAN F.UANC'IS'CO, May l:i. Su to tho Grande Jftmde valley In. IliOl. gar today advanced twenty cents' a purchasing a,4lace ono milo cast of Riverside ifirk for his home. Dcccnjred is survived by five sons and Ufree daughters. They are Ed mund 7j of New Mexico; William II., of Canada; Alma M., of Salt Lake City, Utah; Daniel A., of Im Gninde; Francis II., of Ia Grande;. Mrs. .1. F. Hunter, of Portland; Mrs. E. E. Wal- drum, und Mrs, J. L. Rands, of Ogden, Utah. , I'ncral services will be held for Mr. Carbine, at .two o'clock toiuorow ntivrf. noon in Portland. I he body will be I shipped here immediately following the services in Portland and bun il will take place here. Srrvices will be held at the L. I). S. Tabernacle Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Eastern Oregon Lumber Concerns Protest Against The Workmen's Fund Rate Applications for reductions in rates of -contributions to the workmen's coinpensntioti fund have been filed with the industrial accident comrnis jibm at Salem by nine bii: lumber companies of hustcrn and entrai Oregon, itiuicatiiig tiieir intention of withrlrawinc: fntm tho operation- of the compensation net uiiIckh the reduc tion is foi thcomiiiK- lhe nine companies have also filed with the commission notices of rejec tion of the act, which will become effective on July 1. unless canceled in .the meantime. The commission has taken the application under con- sideratiou, and is making a study of the contributions imiile bv these com-: panics and awards made to their cm-i 0 -I ' M SO6LA0fO5ET9C I - I IT MV Mli-HPOR TAKE ijj r , . -,t(H mrEREr 'JL ? wri hike To p : MMS owi'MwiN'ro Sift JSM -. -;! . MJ' j iii8!' GUI!) REDUCED TWO CENTS TODAY MOTOR NECKSSITV : SELLS FOR Tft ENTY-EHJHT t'E.NTS AT PORTLAND TODAY. SUGAR ADVANCED TWENTY CENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO Another Reduction, in (ias Rates Is To lie Made in Portland By the Port land GaM and C'okc Company. Effec tive on June liV--Seennd Large Cut To lie Made Recently. PORTLAND, May l.'l. A reduction of two. rents on tha gallon of ga-soliue was nnnouueed today, .following a similar cut. at Sun Fiaiicisco.. This makes gasoline here at' twe-nty-eight cents, including the two cents a gal lon stale tax. , .ate this artoinoon nunnunci.- nicnt was nnde by the local Dcal- jers' aSHoci;ttioi.. I bat inrully, aaso- ine had dropped three, cents per gal- Ion, including' thuHwn-eunt road tax. Gasoline -has been selling - . lor thlrty-iihiii rentH, und the' new price makes It thirty-six. . Low Price .'Adt antes. hundred from the record low micc. Gas Rates Reduced. PORTLAND, May i:t. Another re duction in gas rates to be added to the reduction announced May 5, was mfnounced today by the Portl'ind Gas and Coke company,' following the fur tliur cut of twenty-five cents n bar rd on the oil price. This latest re duction, combined witli the reductions announced in March ami on,. May !i, bring- t.ho., total savings to. the con- sinners io .iiio.ini annually. i no newest reduction will bccoiue effec- tive nlfout June 15 WKATIIKH FOItl't 1'oliigllt and Saturday, ployrs jn , order trt deternune the le.soiiifbleeuss of the rate accorded them undep the cumpensaiion act. A decision will be announced before July 1, it was stated by .members of the commission this morning. The nine companies involved' in the. proposed withdrawal ifrom the provisions of the act are: Stoddard Lumber company, Inn W. II. fccHes Lumber company, Baker White i'inc company and Oregon Lumber com- pany,. of P,aker;.tlic Shevlin llixon , Lumber company and the Htooks , Scanlon company of Rend; the .(irande Itonde Lumber company, of Perry: George P ilmer Lumber company, of I.a Glaudc. and tin' Eastern Oregon l.uniiii r compnny, of Enterprise. Dandelions Mr. Berfedoll . Testifies Today Vella House Investigating Committee That She Hurled the. Gold But . Kept Place Secret. WASHINGTON, May 13. Mrs. Emma C.- Bergdoll, mother of the draft ov'ader, told tho house' investi giiting committee that she buried the $10f,000 in gold obtained from the treasury in 1917. Sho refused to divulge the .burial place, but indicat ed thut it. was aot- for. from Philadel phia. , E SKItVICK IX) UK HELD. AT SI M- MEItVlLIK CKMF.TEKY SINDAY I-Accllent Program Has Itcen Ac- uingeil for Aflr,noon; ,Eei-cbea Htnrt at 2 O'cltHk . The new chapel at lite Summer- Illo cemetery will So dedicated ou Suiulay afternoon, when appropriate services will bn held at tho Chtipel building. - Tho services will stat al 2 oclnck, and the following ex cellent prngru-m has been arranged by- Hie committee In charge of the arrangements: Opening number, Instrumental, Mrs. It. J. Green, "Angel Whispers." Prayer, Itev. R. 11. Uoker. I.a Grande (ii.rUit, Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Ilellamy, Miss I.ydla Hug anif Mr. I'iiy'on. Vocal solo, Mr. Hurley of Iniblor. Dedicatory Address, Hov. Areltor Prayer, Rnv. A. It. Hilton. Ijunrlet, Mrs. Moats, Miss Woodull, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woodcll, :' Address and . I'resentntluii, . Huv. Mames Aiklll.Huill.il. Vocal Solo, "Asloep in the Denp" Frank Woodell, ' , 1 iiHtln iiioiitiit Number, Mrs. It. .1 Green. Closing Number, "Nearer, My God. to Thee." Uenodlc.tlon, mov.; Loltcll. K KS 1 1 It RKITI'ION - ''- - IS DKF1ANCK LOOTXtN, May I'r e m I o r Vlnyd George told I Uu Iioiibii of coin iiions In a dramatic speech that tin Polish Insurrection' hi Upper Silesia was In defiance of the Veraalllep treaty. ,.'.. General Pershing Given Selection Will Be Chit! of Staff,-See'dnry of War Job I W. Week An nounces Today. WASHINGTON, May 111. Tho sel ection of General John .. Pershing as chief of staff was announced by Sec retary of War, John W. Weeks. He will assume his duties on July I, suc ceeding Major General March. Persh ing s assistant will be major General James G. Ilarboid, who will take over all of the details heretofore handled by the chief of ' staff , thus leuving Pershing free In direct the organiza tion ami training of the army, includ I ing the national guard and reserves. Pershing will retain the duties recent ly assigned him as chief of the staff. 11 DE Al NEW CHAPEL " c" : ;j 1 ' IflSiloi IS TO MiKE PROGRESS Dr cnctic nc IMPORTANT MEETI.NG HELD AT THE DALLES. Affiliation With National Association To Be Considered By Oregon Grain Growers. Although no full report of the work of the organisers in the field in Un ion county for the Oregon Co-operative Grain Growers' association ih available, tho work is progressing rapidly, many farmers being too busy' seeding at this time to give their time to the matter. . J. E. Reynolds sent in a report yes terday showing that he hail signed contracts for lB.OOu bushels during the past few days. Mr. Reynolds al so reports" that in -Union and" other sections of tho county other organiz ers are making good progress. An important meeting of men In terested in the association is to be held tomorrow nt The Dalles. Res olutions passed by tho national grain growers at the Chicago meeting re ccnUy relating to the northwest will be acted upon at this meeting. These resolutions permit the growers asso ciations in the four northwestern states, Oregon, Washington, Montana and. Idaho, to become affiliated with the national association, no changes in the organizations of the northwest being necossary. The main point of difference in the plans of tho uss,oclation in this slate ' and the other northwestern slates and the national association's plan is that the former1 provide for pooling 100 per cent of the crop controlled by the association- while other methods are open to tho members of the nalionul association not members of tho as sociations in the northwest. The wheat growers of Washington will meet tomorrow at Spokmie to con fer with the national resolutions com mittee. Idist week the Montann ranch ers met with this committee and de clared in favor of iiffiliating with, tho national association by an almost 100 per cent vote. The main advantage to bo gained with such affiliation, in the opinion of officers of the Oregon association Is that it provides a blond er marketing organization, for the .as sociation.'" 'v ' --'' F. L, Ballard, county agent leader with headquarters tiere, will altond the meeting at The Dalles tomorrow. Among the other prominent agricul tural leaders attending will be J. A. Howard, of Chicago, president of the American Kedornlirm of Farm Bu reaus; W. V. .Schilling,-head of the milk producers' association of Min neapolis, Minn.; and U. L. Burdick, of Kansas City. - . Meeting with these mcnvl!l be George C. Jewett, of Spokane, head of the Norlhwc.it Gram Growers, ai.so- iated:. Hector MacPherson. head of the bureau of marketing of Oregon Agricultural colege; C, A. Spence, grand masler of the granges' of Ore gon, and Gcorgo A. 'Mansfield,- presi lent of the state farm bureau. EAST HT, LOUIS. III., May 13--- Guy Kyle, former frvn Mohodlsl MINISTER IS . SENT TO FHISUN were seal cd to six ycnCs at !..-j w)ll h-'ve to move faster than' has venworth .on the charge of robbing .been their riislon'i but he is not ready i mall pouch containing 'flAS.ilOW ut!0 concede this Important event to Mount Vernon, III., ou -January 14. i Pendlctonf as the local mart have been HOUSE PUSSES TINCHER BIL Li ' j tweeu themselves to determine the WASHINGTON. May I :l -T h .'j, .,, wjtl).r. house bus passed and sent to Ih", . h():i(, , .-i,,,,,), ,.pe,-ting to have letiaiti i lie i in, iier mil in reuiaie I'-hIIiik In Hie Kraln riHunK. Reservoir Break Last Night Is Not Serious A slight Tfnk in Hip rity- rrsrvvoir j (hit-k iff thf rfiicrvr.ir mI Itpf-n I ilk4 iuth of lnwii siiinf linn lust night ; of cailif-r in ihc year. , Thin v.tjnM will w-rcMiliitf jln' walr ln-iiif turn Umve wutfi pi'infcI it and eliminated' "d out SuniiHy and rpair madf. Tfw ! iiinu i (if fiiiMn-r lrk.. -This pi in Is lin-ak ui'currH kvitii! tt hlow (!:' ninjt fulil up until ttm oiiKint'frs mak ft'tifrvif nhould'T ami, allhoiiifh i rttf. - inn the survt-y (f Uip prupnsed new i'lf-ralile amount nf writer h'nktt on'.jviti'r ny.-tnL init.' tli'-ir lyoinmen Ihe wnliT ha hveii coming: intra tht j .hitioi;. If, ti: T'voir in to bo rt-Hrrvir al Kiii-h a rate Vhat the lfv-jtinrd as a pait "f'fche new RyHtem It H of the WHt'p hail tint ln-en lowi r-!, will Im pui, int'fnt elass sape whilo i)w level nf the hi'uk at an rMil jif it if ady:-ijio to nnnjoii it thU hour t.hiH nHirninir whnt fjty Mafia,;- j wouM lie jiy ntr.van ited expend, er arrett innpei'teil tlf hreak. "No fear whatever ahtuld ir. felt The watr han heVn Iwred dirttly tover Hum leak," Mrdaft ett raid. "A iiflo the pipeline, eltmiimtitiff ti" '.-j larjce p;irt f le resei'Voii n elow ervoir and when lh w'ater ih '' u ti the wurfarc of the ground ttnd but out Sundav ly therf-ntire rervoir will out and whitewa.-"herf Kx thin moi runftihod th.'.L ....t ., I ..I;..,.:,... t.. i Tie rleaned i mnination large amount of al(r;y in elint'ij; the aidex and lttnm. put . '.....jl. JL. " J . ' NlJt7HKIt 18jrt UL UULilL UI TRACK MEET NO TEAM CERTAIN OK TAKING CHAMPIONSHIP OK EAST. , URN OREGON. EIGHTY-THREE ENTRANTS ! FROM NINE SCHOOLS Coach Reyfiolda Believea Thai La irande lias Fine Chance To Come Out Winner Small Schools May Have Dark Horses Affecting the Final Result. "We arc not at all certain nf win ning the Eastern Oregon track meet ' at Union tomorrow, but Pendleton and Baker will have mighty stiff fight if either one of them noses us out of first or second place," Earl Rcyrold, coach of ilio La Granili; .highschool tinck team, saiil this morning in dis cussing the chances of I.u GrnnJo'g carrying off high honors nt tho meot tomorrow, when seventeen! Grande men will meet In competition with at least tune other schools of Eastern Oregon for the iinmial trick honors. The total number of entrants last night was eighty-three. . fc Reynolds admits that dfpe often goes wrong on track meets. Pendle ton dopesters expect to h:wc things their own way. unless tho dopo la all wrong, which they concede may bo so. l'rom the La Grande-standpoint there is every indication that this may - b,i so, the present dopo. being based on statistical comparisons nf thi dual met is tho local team ha.l with - the ' Pendleton and P-.ikor teams. When the local boys met the foimee team thev wero handicapped by u luck of trail. ing due to bad weather- while the UmiUillaiis hud enjoyed ideal , truck weather. . Tho superiority-' of . La Grande over linker and Union proved -by the results of those moots ' and Coach Reynold.-,1 team has- been showing up well in tho light prac: tlco indulged In the last fw days and should bo in the best of trim to morrow. . ' . ..... ' Tho mile is nractically conceded to. La Grande, Kingwell find Bloklnm having won from- tho other two largo schoqls iu tho dual meets. Savage of Baker is generully conceded tho high jump, ho being apparently the best high jumper In Eastern Oregon. Earnhart.of Pendleton expects to win the 880-yard dash In a class by him self, having nil.-' it in 2:12a at tho county meet in Pendleton Snturdiy. There is some doubt as to tho Pan dleton SSO.yard stretch lining accur ately measured, some believing that it is short. In that case things would look -more like an even break between 'llieison of Im Grande and Pendleton'"! best bet on this event. However, there is no doubt that Enrnliart is a faot boy ami anyone defeating him will earn his laurels. . - Mifch Interest will center in the re .lay race. Peii'lleton is confident that he will win this-event, having won from La Grande In 1:41. while -La Grande defeated 'linker in 1:4:1-2. ; ( olu., ,.yus admits that his team improving greatly during the past week. .' Another factor that may upset the i dope (in the meet is the fad that some -of the smaller schools may be a bigger factor than they uro counted on. At "liny rite, they may capture just enough places su that the big lbn''niay have cloi.e competition be- ompi rati vely liltle waar can be in a break ntn,h ha the one lttat nifrht-a ' The ri,orvoi- it; norefor enr- 1 .......... tkU.,.,e H...e .Al,.. t'jeney than rf ir any itther purpe i more watenFilian it1 t'ta(rfvcttiiOi;ity cominjf uv0-Uio 1'gnver Crtek tnj Mr. (iarrett laid this ?nornln(c thatfCominj? ovotho I'nver Crtek 41 pufmpa'oncrett liniitrec inch) now ' . . o o e 0 0 - 6